Our people

Our board of up to nine voluntary Trustees govern Sunrise Foundation with a robust governance and succession model.

Our trustees gift their time, considerable community knowledge and professional expertise to help transform lives and create a more vibrant, prosperous region for all.

They are a group of respected and trusted individuals from within the local community who are appointed as follows:

  • One by the Mayor of the Gisborne District Council
  • One by the President of the Gisborne Branch of the NZ Law Society
  • One by the President of the Gisborne Chamber of Commerce
  • One by the Chairman of Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou
  • One by the Chairman of Te Runanga o Turanganui a Kiwa
  • Four by the Board, one to be a chartered accountant domiciled in the Gisborne region

Meet our team

Rob Dymock

Chair

David Clark

Trustee

Joe Martin

Trustee

Reweti Ropiha

Trustee

Alice Pettigrew

Trustee

Whaimutu Dewes

Trustee

Mike Torrie

Trustee

Leslynne Jackson

Trustee

Glenda Stokes

Chief Executive Officer

Janine McDiarmid

Marketing and Communications

Lynda Blackburne

Administration

Sunrise Foundation Committees

Investment Committee

  • Mike Torrie CA (Chair and Foundation Trustee)
  • Alice Pettigrew (Foundation Trustee)
  • David Clark (Foundation Trustee)
  • Joe Martin (Foundation Trustee)
  • Greg Daulton (volunteer secondee)

The Investment Committee is Board appointed and their role is to oversee Sunrise Foundation’s investment strategies and policies, supported by the expertise of local investment advisors.

Grants Committee

  • Leslynne Jackson (Chair and Foundation Trustee)
  • Whaimutu Dewes (Foundation Trustee)
  • Stephen Thomson
  • Natasha Ashworth
  • Kimiora Biddle

This committee assesses applications from people, projects and organisations wanting to benefit from Sunrise Foundation’s annual distribution of grants, awarding funding in line with our Distribution Guidelines. It also acts as the funding manager for the Tindall Foundation.